Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

Adventure
Action
Drama

The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.

Cast

Zatoichi
Shintarō Katsu
Ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
J Jun Nagasawa
T Toshie Shoji
R Reiji Shoji
Yousuke Kondou
(uncredited)
Kenzō Tabu
Yoshio Yoshida
Eizō Kitamura
O Osamu Ōkawa
A Akira Shimizu
T Takumi Shinjo
Okiyo
Reiko Ōhara
Akane Kawasaki
Teruko Omi
Yasuhiro Minakami
Y Yoshitaro Asawaka
Ryūtarō Gomi
Yūji Hamada
I Ikkei Tamaki
Yukio Horikita
T Takuya Kitano
G Gen Kuroki
Boss Yamikubo
Masayuki Mori
Gō Ibuki
Kanae Kobayashi
Jun Katsumura
J Junjiro Niizeki
M Masaji Nunome
J Jun Satomi
A Akira Nitta
K Kazuko Taniguchi
T Tadashi Takadera
Y Yutaka Miki
Umeji
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Wife
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Migi
Kō Nishimura
Boss Kuroko
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
Kunie Tanaka
Osami Nabe

Crew

Director
Kenji Misumi
Director of Photography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Editor
T Toshio Taniguchi
Original Music Composer
I Isao Tomita
Production Design
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Assistant Director
T Toshiaki Kunihara
Producer
Shintarō Katsu
Original Story
Kan Shimozawa
Screenplay
Shintarō Katsu
Producer's Assistant
H Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Sound Engineer
M Masao Ôsumi
Costume Design
Y Yoshio Ueno
Screenplay
Y Yamada Takayuki